A double-striped thick-knee bird was spotted on private property in Nixon, Texas, on Sunday, Sept. 14, marking the first time ...

For decades, scientists feared the dove was extinct until it was rediscovered in 2015 by ornithologist Rafael Bessa, who ...

As night settled across the Australian outback, a rare bird emerged from its hiding place and moved across the ground.

A nocturnal bird in Australia has been so elusive that scientists long thought it was extinct. But the story of this endangered species isn't actually over.

The mystery of how related flightless birds ended up so far apart on different continents may have been solved.

The ultra-rare, elusive and endangered night parrot has been captured on camera in the remote Aussie outback. Source: Bush ...

New Zealand is planning to eradicate millions of invasive animals that prey on the country's rare birds. The goal may not be ...

Small-billed elaenia ( Elaenia parvirostris) are small, greyish birds that live in South America. Unlike most animals we report on here, the tiny flier is listed as “Least Concern” on the IUCN Red ...

The southern cassowary, a flightless bird native to rainforests, is a living link to prehistoric times, possessing powerful legs and a dagger-like cla ...

At the Pasadena Humane Society in Southern California, thousands of dogs, cats, and wild animals receive the care they need every year. Whether it's an injured animal, a lost pet, or a fur baby ...

A rare bird that escaped from Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah has been captured. The missing bird, a juvenile East African crowned crane, escaped its enclosure Wednesday. KIRO-7 TV reports a resident ...

A rare chick known as the "world's most challenging bird species" to breed has been hatched at a UK zoo for the first time in 21 years. Paignton Zoo in Devon celebrated the first breeding of the ...